Hello and at the time of releasing human the podcast where every day we're getting a little better at life I'm your host

Cori Miss Gara and at the time of releasing this episode, March 16, 2020, we are in the middle of a pandemic.

COVID-19 has been spreading globally.

If you've been watching the news or following social media you're very well aware

of this and it does feel like a responsibility of mind to to acknowledge that in the upcoming podcast episodes as a way for us to come together to

make our practice working with what is most alive right now and to just share thoughts on how to maintain a level of

mental, emotional, psychological health during this period of time.

Given that people might be listening to this episode many months in the future or years in the future,

I will try to make all of these topics related to anything difficult that you might be going through.

But for those that are listening, who are listening during this period of time,

I just want you to know when I'm here here with you and we're in this together and I welcome any

of your thoughts and questions through Instagram that would be the best place to reach out to me, what you're going through

and how this community could help you.

In today's episode, we're going to talk about how to panic while remaining calm.

I'll share more on what I mean by that in a moment.

First, let's settle in with something pleasant and something grounding, the sound of the bell. I'll ring it and see it as a refuge

for the next 10, 15 seconds, following it with your presence and attention all the way to the point when it dissolves

into silence. Okay. Okay, so I hope you found that grounding.

Now the title and theme I've decided to go with for this episode might feel a bit provocative

and might not even sit that well for you, right? This idea of how to panic while remaining calm is what I'm calling it.

In some sense, it's not a great title because I don't actually believe we need to be caught in a panic response in the pure definition of what it would mean to panic.

In the pure definition of panic, there wouldn't be a sense of calm so as a title it doesn't

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